La (des)confianza de los periodistas españoles hacia las instituciones públicas a partir del estudio de factores organizacionales

  1. Berganza Conde, Rosa
  2. Herrero, Beatriz
  3. Carratalá, Adolfo
Journal:
Disertaciones: Anuario electrónico de estudios en Comunicación Social

ISSN: 1856-9536

Year of publication: 2016

Issue Title: Las culturas profesionales del periodismo

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Type: Article

DOI: 10.12804/DISERTACIONES.09.01.2016.02 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

There is an increasing interest in the literature to explore the practices and routines of journalists in diffrent contexts (Hanitzsch et al., 2011). The trust of journalists in public institutions is a key variable to understand their professional culture (Hanitzsch & Berganza, 2012; Brants, de Vreese, Möller & van Praag, 2010; van Dalen, Albæk & de Vreese, 2011), as well as the interest and trust of citizens towards politics (Cappella & Jamieson, 1997). The goal of this paper is determining the level of trust of Spanish journalists towards public institutions and verifying if media type, reach and ownership influence these levels. As a part of the international project Worlds of Journalism Study, we surveyed a probabilistic sample (n=390) of Spanish journalists, stratified by media type and region, from March 2014 to May 2015. When compared to the last survey made by Hanitzsch & Berganza (2014), the findings show a significance decrease in the levels of trust (specially towards politics), eventually as a consequence of the economic crisis. Data also revealed partial diffrences in the levels of trust among journalists of diffrent media type (TV, radio, newspaper, online, etc.), but showed homogeneous levels among professionals of diffrent media (regional, national) or ownership (public, private). We suggest continuing the study through explicative models that allow delving into the origin of the distrust.

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